More than 120 community organisations have written a joint letter to the federal Attorney-General, urging him to abandon a proposal to change the Racial Discrimination Act.
They include Indigenous, ethnic, human-rights and religious groups.
Attorney-General George Brandis has proposed changing Section 18C, which makes it illegal to publicly "offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate" a person on the basis of race or ethnicity.
The Federation of Ethnic Communities' Councils of Australia says the proposal would wind back progress made in making Australia a proudly multicultural nation.
Human Rights Law Centre executive director Hugh de Kretser told Adeshola Ore the letter is part of a large backlash against the proposed changes.
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